Introduction to Acceleration Models

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Adam and Fred discuss the fundamentals of Accelerated Life Testing (ALT)
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Team Culture and Reliability

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Adam and Fred discuss with guest Jim McCarthy, of McCarthy Industries, how organizational cultures can change to include long term deliverables.
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Getting Important Services from Your Supplier

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Tim and Fred discuss the risks of focusing only on cost, and how that prevents companies from getting more from their suppliers.
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A Better Plan than Incoming Inspection

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Tim and Fred discuss the pros and cons of incoming inspection and propose some lower cost alternatives that are more effective.
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Troubleshooting Failure Analysis

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Kirk and Fred discuss steps that should be followed when trying to find the location and cause of failures in electronics.

They use examples of from their own experiences with recent failures of appliances and personal computers and how using a systematic approach to investigating failures is the best way to discover the causes of failures.
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What Do I Need to Detect Failures?

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Kirk and Fred discuss how to know when a failure occurs during a stress test to find operational and destruct limits.

In some cases, the failure and component causing the failure are very obvious when “the smoke comes out”.

In other cases, the product being tested has a performance degradation under increased stress that can be used as discriminators for ensuring reliability and quality during product development and manufacturing.

They also discuss how some fundamental technology limitations of common operational monitors, such as a display LCD, does not have to limit the stress to the more typically more capable circuit board assembly.
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Vendor Common Responses to Failures

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Tim and Fred discuss a few of the typical responses from suppliers when confronted with field failures.
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Failure Analysis Best Practices

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Tim and Fred discuss some proven techniques for improving failure analysis and getting more engagement with your suppliers.
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The Need to Collaborate on System Failure Analysis

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Tim and Fred discuss the right way to hold a supplier accountable for system failures.
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Questions Around Designing an ALT

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Adam and Fred discuss the challenges of designing and ALT within the schedule of a product development program.
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The Design Process, Creativity, and Reliability

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Adam and Ken Haven, CEO of Acorn Product Development, discuss the differences between the creative design process in China vs. North America.
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